The government reports that more and more Vietnamese nationals are entering the UK illegally over the Channel.
Testimonies from persons who were duped by the promises of people-smuggling gangs will be used in new advertisements, which will be written in Vietnamese and expand upon ones that are already in use in Albania.
One migrant, known only as K, remembers spending five nights in a camp in Calais under the watchful eye of armed guards prior to traveling across the Channel in a small boat.
He concludes: “Never again would I risk my life in a small boat even if you bribed me.”
514 people crossed the Channel in 10 tiny boats in a single day on Wednesday, according to preliminary data.
The number of unlawful small boat entries so far this year is 4,043, which is 10% more than it was at the same time in 2023.
It happens as the film purportedly shows a French border force boat employing forceful methods to physically compel a migrant boat to turn around. Lighthouse Reports, a nonprofit, released the tape for public consumption.
